dbodonyi Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Hi, I couldn't find any solution to very serious issue I have constantly. Every time I need to make something based on example colors doesn't show true. I mostly use Affinity Publisher but have experienced same problem in Designer and Photo. In this example I had PNG image (sample) and have opened same image in Publisher (RGB/8 color format) I have tried every RGB profile available and it remains obviously different. What am I missing here? Even cheapest image preview software shows PNG sample file accurately in comparison. I didn't see much people complaining about it so I must be missing something obvious here. I use latest version of entire Affinity pack on Windows 10. Thanks in advance for any solution you can suggest me to solve this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 ICC profile for monitor in OS? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbodonyi Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Mind that I didn't have trouble in Adobe, MS Office or in any open source software (Krita, Inkscape etc.) Same OS, same setup. Only Affinity does this. Should I really mess with ICC profile in OS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardMH Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Can you post the png? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardMH Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Download a colour checker and see what you get using Info when you load it into A Photo? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Color_Checker.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbodonyi Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 5 hours ago, RichardMH said: Can you post the png? Sure, here it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbodonyi Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 In my case, these two values are off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbodonyi Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 ...and If I use color picker these fields are not the same. Similar to Anto's post problem is mostly in the last row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardMH Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I get it right if I'm in Adobe RGB (1998) in Preferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted May 30, 2022 Staff Share Posted May 30, 2022 When I open your image in Designer and Publisher with the sRGB colour profile I am getting the same colour values in both of the programs, is it possible for you to post a copy of your .afpub file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbodonyi Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 Sure, here is the afpub file. Interestingly, even in explorer it looks accurate as thumbnail and once opened it just changes from blue to some kind of purple... semple.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 The publisher sets the color profile for me to the standard sRGB (IEC61966-2.1) profile. And to me, red looks like red. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3085) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.3.1 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Need a system wide color picker? Try Microsoft's (New) Power Toys Need a robust PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF There's nothing you get used to faster than working slowly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 13 hours ago, dbodonyi said: Same OS, same setup. Unlike Affinity applications, which use the ICC profile for the monitor when rendering to the canvas, other applications do not have to use it. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbodonyi Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 33 minutes ago, Pšenda said: Unlike Affinity applications, which use the ICC profile for the monitor when rendering to the canvas, other applications do not have to use it. Well, I'll be damned. I didn't knew this. I just removed default associated ICC display profile and it works like the charm, colors looks accurate in Affinity. Thanks very much for suggestion! And thanks everyone for fast response and will to help. This will make my life much more easier. Pšenda and Komatös 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 You're welcome 🙂 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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